Collar.



G. P. POLK.

COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1912.

1,1 24,947. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

F i .3 1 f 2 4 i 5 3 j i1 F l y \IO WITNEEIEEEI; I l NvENTElFi glfim J BY citizen of the United States,

UNITED STATEfg PATENT OFFICE.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed January 25, 1912. Serial No. 673,297.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that 1. (names F. POLK, a residing at \Vatervliet. county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful ilHPlOVClIlQHtS in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such unprovenients and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter de serihed and subsequently claimed.

lejl'erence may he had to the accompanying; dra'h'ings, and the reference characters inarl d thereon, which form a. part of this speeihcation. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several ligaires therein.

Figure. l of the drain ings is :1 \'.ie\ in pers icctive if inv irnproied collar. F19. :3 is a Vertical rross sertimi taken through the back 1 hu'ttonholcs (it the wllzil, showing the cellar ettaclicd to a shirt lay means of a button sewed to the hark of the shirthelow the neckimnd. w. hutton o 1wcupies the huttmihole in the t depending from the hand, of melon the ordinary hack hutton i plan View of the irt reini'e d and pro-- ttoni'iele in the neeli 1 d tr engage the manner neclrhend L and in the c w of a is l to prov an nnohelrxuted ll(-E-'-1 ;l at the heck of the collar.

in carrying out my in rridioi ferred 5 '5 provide the col. usual hurl: i. nhe'lc in its hand.

inn semeniidai'iied in r,

the neckhend the"?- mvfi DQTLll'lltS of use in i re a l i ordinary manner if d "ed, that is, by hut toning its hand at the. snrlidirectly to the nee-khand of the shirt by means. of a. stud or collanhntton, while it also permits when desired, attachment of the collar in the pro tirwnding from the erred manner herein described Without the use of a collar-button at the bark of the neclihand, thus avoiding the uncomflirtahle pressure of such a button upon the neck of the wearer .and aflhrding an unobstructed space for the tie between the hand and the top at the hack of the collar.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form enihodied in a fold-cellar, l, is the band and, 2. is the folded-over top of the collar having the usual huttonholes in the band at the front, whereby the ends of the collar can be fastened together and to the neckhand of a shirt, and also provided with the usual hack blittOllllOlQ, 3, in the hand adapted to receive a stud inserted through a hnttonhole, 4, in the neckhand, 5-, of a shirt, (5, in the usual manner. I

ln carrying out iny ini'ention, 1 form the hand, i, of the collar with :1 tab, 7, depending from and below the edge of the hand immediately helow the ordinary hack huttonholc, 23, and I provide said tab with a huttenholc, 8, adapted to receive a hutton, attached to the hack (if the shirt below the neclahainl, ii. To :ii'l'ord a more dural'ile supf), u. reinlrireing-pateh, hrd even the hack of the shirt hotly helow the iiechiiand; and the lnitton sewed to th rrinlerccd portion of the shirt as shown in Fig.

ill inipruwd collar .3

; port for the button,

is preferably Worn h -.itta rhine' the tab, '7, to the button, 5 helov; the no hand (if the shirt thus zireidiig the use of :1 Hil or (tilltlP fHlttUli in thencr hand at the hark ihcriif and the conseqi ant sr-sure oi such *1 button upon the nee The spare lwtwcri; the tel) and hark of t. collar is thus lel t lien and unol -.trurtcd to rewivo and permit sliding the necktie. due trti '2 ah nee suvh we rollarhn'ltrm. a ring advantages, in improved eolla. loses none of the usefulness of the ordinary collar, her-inset in the .ihsr-ncc of a hutton on a shirt x the ncchhand, the cellar may he fastened to the raeelshand by thehsnal hacl; \ul er button 5 indicated by dotted lines, Fig. l. The collar can thus be Worn 1 any ordinary shirt as Well as with a shit adapted to receive the collar in the preferred manner above described.

I have shown the tab, 7, integral with the hand of the collar, but for the purpose for be of any known form and attached to the shirt in any known manner.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 2' 1; A fold-collar comprising a band and a folded-over top with a tie-space therebetween at the back of the collar; said band being provided with the usual front and back buttonholes and having a buttonholed tab depending from the band below the back buttonhole therein, said folded-over top depending to cover said back buttonhole.

2. The combination with a shirt having a neckband and a button pemanently attached to the back of the shirt below the neckband; o'yf a laundried cloth collar having a band continuous from end to end thereof adapted to connect at its front with the neckband of the shirt in the usual manner and having at the back a buttonholed tab depending below the band ada ted to receive said button on the shirt, sai tab being permanently connected with the band of the collar.

3. The combination with a. shirt having a neckband provided withxa back buttonhole adapted to receive a collar-button inserted through said back buttonhole in the neckband.

4. The combination with a shirt having a neckband provided with a back buttonhole and a button permanently attached to the back of the shirt below the neckband; of a cloth fold-collar havin a band continuous from end to end thereo adapted to connect at its front with the shirt in the usual manner and having at the back a buttonhole a adapted to receive a stud inserted through the back buttonhole of the neckband in the shirt, and having a folded-over top depending to cover the back buttonhole in the collar-band and having a tab permanently con nected with the band of the collar and dependin therebelow provided with a buttonhole adapted to receive said button on the back of the shirt.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 15 day of January, 1912.

CHARLES F. POLK.

Witnesses:

' J. E. DONBBAOH,

R. A. Lnouc. 

